Chronological Overview of Pottery from Asyut

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Teodozja I. Rzeuska, Chronological Overview of Pottery from Asyut, A contribution to the history of Gebel Asyut al-gharbi, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2017

Gebel Asyut al-gharbi, one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, is crucial in understanding both its history and culture of this country. Despite a great wealth of remains our knowledge of Asyut and some periods of time concerning the site is still scant. Contrary to wide-held belief, activities on the gebel do not primarily date to the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom; the history of the site is much longer and it continues to hide many secrets.

The first and most important goal posed by Teodozja I. Rzeuska is to present the lesser known parts of the history of the Asyut necropolis, those that are under-represented in the texts, as well as those for which the archaeological evidence is insufficient. This is where the ceramic material has proven to be an invaluable source which helped to fill gaps in our knowledge. The second goal is to present the unique character of local pottery in Asyut, especially in comparison with ceramics found in other regions of Egypt.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTION:Or why studying pottery is worthwhileCHAPTER ONE:Asyutian pottery: general informationCHAPTER Two:Predynastic and Early Dynastic Period: in search of the oldest necropolis in AsyutCHAPTER THREE:The resurrected necropolis of the Old KingdomCHAPTER FOUR:The First Intermediate Period: innovative inheritors of the Memphite traditionsCHAPTER FIVE:The Middle Kingdom: a local take on classic formsCHAPTER Six:The Second Intermediate Period: a reused necropolisCHAPTER SEVEN:The hidden necropolis and temples of the New KingdomCHAPTER EIGHT:A quest for the necropolis of the Third Intermediate PeriodCHAPTER NINE:The Late Period: arrival of the sacred animalsCHAPTER TEN:Ptolemaic pottery: necropoleis for people and sacred animalsCHAPTER ELEVEN:The Romano-Byzantine Period: in the heart of the caravan routesSUMMARYElST OF MUSEUM OBJECTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXTSINDICESBIBLIOGRAPHYPLATES